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(No Model.)

A. H. DRBDGB.

HAMB TUG.

yUNITED STATES ATENT union.

ALBERT II. DREDGE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO i JOI-IN O. GOODRIOH, OF SAME PLACE.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,891, dated May 5,1891.`

Application filed January 26, 1891. Serial No. 379,189. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: The end j' of the part F extends along the Be it known that I, ALBERT H. DREDGE, a outside'of the hanne-tug, and a hole through citizen of Canada, residing in Detroit, in the it registers with the hole E. The end e of county of rayne and State of Michigamhave the piece F is formed with a mortise or open- 55 invented a new and useful Improvement in ing to receive a vtenon d on the end of the Hamefllugs, of which the following is a specishort shank of the draft-eye O. i 'cation The rear end of the piece G is cut to a width This invention relates to haine-tugs, and to tit snuglyinto the inside of the loop or box i has for its object the production of a hame- II, that forms the loop to receive the end of 6o Io tug in which the parts are so constructed and the tug forward of the buckle I.

arranged that it may be produced in a com- The buckle I is fastened into a short piece mercial form adapted to be used with any of leather turned around its hinge-rod and ornamental style of buckles orboxes that may st-itched together at the sides, forming bebe adapted to the remainder of the harness tween the sides of the leather and the stitch- 65 I5 with which the tug is used. To accomplish ing a sheath that slips over the end f of the this result it is'necessary that the llame-tug piece F. A hole i registers with the hole in proper should, in the first instance, be prethe end f. pared detached from the box and the buckle The piece F, as above stated, is fixed to the and arranged to be usedinterchangeably with leather part A, and over the end f are slipped 7o 2O anystyle ofboxorbuckle,and atthe same time the loop H and the buckle part I, while the it is desirable that the box and buckle when draft-eye O is placed in position with the end selected maybe attached readily and securely, B between A a and the end cl between A G, the llame-tug attached to the hame, and the the tenon (Z coming within the mortise e. A parts all secured together substantially and rivet J is then passed through all the holes 75 strongly, and that this be done in an easy and E D f i' and headed down, and the parts are practical way. I secure these results by the all secured together. The use of the rivet J use of the structure described hereinafter and prevents side motion at the buckle end of the shown in the drawings. hame-tug of the shank B within the sheath,

Figure l shows the several parts of my and also forms a secure fastening for draft 8o llame-tug separated from one another, and purposes, and the engagement ot` the tenon CZ Fig. 2 shows them aggregated in the hameand mortise c, immediately in front ot the tug. rivet lr., prevents side motion of the forward The leather part of the llame-tug, which is end of the drat't I and the consequent cut made in the ordinary way, is represented at ting out of the stitches which hold the parts 8 5 A. Itis made of two strips of leather stitched A c g together.

together at their edges and forming a sheath In preparing the article for sale as a sepainto which the long shank B of the draft-eye rate article I do not rivet down the end of O slips. Through the end of the shank B is the rivet J, butleave the parts in a condition ahole D,that registers with the holeEthrough such that the draft-eye O may be drawn out 9o 40 theleather part of the haine-tug. Ashort flap ot' its sheath far enough to enable the eye of of leather G, generally made of ornamental the hame to be linked into the eye of the leather, as patent leather or embossed or draft-eye. By leaving the rivet J without stitched leather, is sewed to the outside ot heading it down also, the user is enabled to the sheath partA and forms a covering for a choose any different form or shape or "orna- 9 portion of the piece F. The piece F is rivmentation of the loop H and the buckle I to eted to one of the two pieces forming the correspond with the ornamentation ot' the leather part of the llame-tug A, the rivet comother parts ot' the harness. ing at about the point shown by dotted lines I am aware that hame-tugs have been made g, and one head of the rivet being concealed in Which draft-eyes with long shanks were 10o between the parts A a and the other part beused; but I am not aware of any haine-tug ing concealed between the parts A G. having one long shank and one short shank engaging with a fixed holding-iron permanently attached to the haine-tug.

I do not wish to confine myself tothe especial form of connection between the short shank of the draft-eye and the fixed form F, as many different forms of connection might be employed which would be equally within the vspirit of my invention.

Havngdescribed myinven tion,what I claimas novel, and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent, is a haine-tug composed of the following elements:

A ham e-tug consisting of the parts A, a, and G, lthe draft-eye C, having' a long shank I3, a 

